angus99
Guru
Stella Maris is on the hard to correct a misaligned strut causing excessive vibration. I think the misalignment has been there for years but, as the cutless bearings wear unevenly, it becomes more pronounced.
I’m bracing myself for what they’ll tell me about the shafts, which AFAIK are original 1987 vintage. We had significant corrosion on our rudder shafts several years ago and I had a company plasma spray them with Inconel, restoring them to like-new condition (see pix). The same thing is done routinely with industrial pump shafts, many of which run continuously under heavy loading. Wondering if anyone’s done this with prop shafts and what the criteria might be for either spraying or replacing them. Any recommendations for an unbiased expert to help me decide whether to repair or replace would be much-appreciated.
Ian McLeod
DeFever 44 Stella Maris
Deltaville, VA
I’m bracing myself for what they’ll tell me about the shafts, which AFAIK are original 1987 vintage. We had significant corrosion on our rudder shafts several years ago and I had a company plasma spray them with Inconel, restoring them to like-new condition (see pix). The same thing is done routinely with industrial pump shafts, many of which run continuously under heavy loading. Wondering if anyone’s done this with prop shafts and what the criteria might be for either spraying or replacing them. Any recommendations for an unbiased expert to help me decide whether to repair or replace would be much-appreciated.
Ian McLeod
DeFever 44 Stella Maris
Deltaville, VA